# General Discussion **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/general/20.md?page=69 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 70 --- ## [How to add music to mp3tag?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-music-to-mp3tag/15279)
**Author:** [@hovermet](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/hovermet)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2013, 3:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-music-to-mp3tag/15279 "2013-12-09T03:13:28Z")
Hello, I got stuck with the basics within basics. I googled and read some FAQs, but i couldn’t find an answer. They’re all about changing tags, adding albums arts, sorting with %-%, and so on Every time i drag some mus… --- ## [Double 8's and 9's](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/double-8s-and-9s/15152)
**Author:** [@PerpetualOmega](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/PerpetualOmega)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2013, 4:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/double-8s-and-9s/15152 "2013-12-08T16:51:43Z")
Hi, If i have 100 tracks in over 5 discs i like to number them 1 to 100. but windows explorer displays 2 x 8’s, 2 x 9’s, track 17 is missing on disc 1 (Folder1) but is present in disc 2 (Folder2) so Disc/Folder 1 has… --- ## [Comment field -- dealing with long comments](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/comment-field-dealing-with-long-comments/15261)
**Author:** [@AlanHK](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/AlanHK)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/comment-field-dealing-with-long-comments/15261 "2013-12-02T14:27:05Z")
MP3tag only has a small text window for the Comment filed. While you can apparently paste unlimited amounts of text into that, it’s difficult to read and painful to edit with the small text box. And it seems impossible … --- ## [Feature request: edit image on double click](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-edit-image-on-double-click/15262)
**Author:** [@AlanHK](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/AlanHK)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2013, 4:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-edit-image-on-double-click/15262 "2013-12-02T04:20:46Z")
The options affecting the image are all only on the right click menu. This makes editing the image and associated fields rather more cumbersome than operations on the text fields. Similar to how I can edit the audio by… --- ## [Album Art -Download .jpg from internet source?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-art-download-jpg-from-internet-source/15246)
**Author:** [@mshanley](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mshanley)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2013, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-art-download-jpg-from-internet-source/15246 "2013-11-27T19:27:15Z")
I’m a new user and I like so far what MP3Tag can do. I have one small problem, Does MP3Tag have the ability to go out to internet and find / Download Album cover? I can’t seem to find anything on this… If I have a lis… --- ## [Enhancement](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/enhancement/15242)
**Author:** [@bgregory](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bgregory)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2013, 12:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/enhancement/15242 "2013-11-25T12:38:23Z")
This is the best MP3 tag editor around, been using it for years, but as I grow older (too old) I find it harder to read the small font. Maybe as a future enhancement you could make the font sizeable. --- ## [Feature Request: Don't restore filter on startup](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-dont-restore-filter-on-startup/15229)
**Author:** [@Oblio](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Oblio)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2013, 3:36am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-dont-restore-filter-on-startup/15229 "2013-11-25T03:36:45Z")
Sometimes you start Mp3tag and you wonder where your files have gone! Then you realize that a filter is active from the previous session, hiding some or all of the files, and you have to select the filter text and delete… --- ## [Feature Request](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request/15188)
**Author:** [@William](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/William)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2013, 5:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request/15188 "2013-11-22T05:09:41Z")
Forgive me if this feature already exists… I couldn’t find any reference to it in the Options. My feature request is to be able to define in Options what double clicking on a track does. Currently it plays the track in… --- ## [Sort the Artists by the number of their Titles](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sort-the-artists-by-the-number-of-their-titles/15210)
**Author:** [@oo131193oo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/oo131193oo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2013, 9:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sort-the-artists-by-the-number-of-their-titles/15210 "2013-11-17T09:05:50Z")
hey :slight\_smile: is it possible to sort the artist coloumn by the number of titles a artist has? So that I can see who has the most titles in my Library and the less. I need it because i need to edit all titles to c… --- ## [Cover Dimensions - another approach](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-dimensions-another-approach/6421)
**Author:** [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2013, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-dimensions-another-approach/6421 "2013-11-15T19:25:54Z")
Cover Dimensions - another approach The following method creates some tag fields to hold cover image related data from up to ten stored covers. This method relies on a helper tool called identify.exe, taken from the po… --- ## [Suggestion: -solo option for independent instance](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-solo-option-for-independent-instance/15201)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-solo-option-for-independent-instance/15201 "2013-11-14T20:26:05Z")
Florian, I would like a -solo commandline option that causes the .exe to run a separate instance regardless of any instance already running. If this is allowed only on a portable install, OK. I pledge 25e for this. User… --- ## [Feature request - column names in filter](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-column-names-in-filter/15193)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2013, 11:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-column-names-in-filter/15193 "2013-11-12T11:56:17Z")
Please could the Filter’s field ID accept column names e.g. Path, and the names of my user-defined columns? Thanks. --- ## [Comment To Comments](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/comment-to-comments/15186)
**Author:** [@ddimitriou](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ddimitriou)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2013, 8:07am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/comment-to-comments/15186 "2013-11-10T08:07:38Z")
How can I transfer the same data from Comment (mp3Tag) to Comments (Media Player) ? --- ## [Suggestion: Full documentation of actions %\_counter%](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-full-documentation-of-actions-counter/15171)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2013, 12:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-full-documentation-of-actions-counter/15171 "2013-11-05T12:09:54Z")
https://docs.mp3tag.de/converters/rename-files says %\_counter% Counter (starting with 1) Could this please be improved to say actually what is being counted? Program behaviour suggests %\_counter% returns an integer … --- ## [Add sequential numbers to the filename](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-sequential-numbers-to-the-filename/15169)
**Author:** [@Premier](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Premier)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2013, 5:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-sequential-numbers-to-the-filename/15169 "2013-11-05T05:45:50Z")
I would like to add sequential numbers to the filename of my tracks. For instance: If the files are named ‘Music1, Music2, Music3’ I would like them to say ‘01. Music1, 02. Music2, 03. Music3’ I tried the auto-numberin… --- ## [Create single playlist where directory contains key value](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-single-playlist-where-directory-contains-key-value/15146)
**Author:** [@wakey05](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/wakey05)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2013, 10:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-single-playlist-where-directory-contains-key-value/15146 "2013-11-03T22:38:53Z")
hi I wonder if it’s possible to use mp3tag to scan my music directories and look for directory names containing a key value to allow a single playlist to be generated for say GENRE1 or GENRE2. So a directory might be: a… --- ## [Populate a field if another tag is 1 - otherwise do something else](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/populate-a-field-if-another-tag-is-1-otherwise-do-something-else/15134)
**Author:** [@sjw211](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sjw211)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2013, 6:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/populate-a-field-if-another-tag-is-1-otherwise-do-something-else/15134 "2013-10-25T06:08:56Z")
Hi all, hope you can help… I want to populate the Album Artist field to be ‘Various’ IF the COMPILATION tag is 1 - otherwise clear the COMPILATION tag and copy the Artist tag to the Album Artist tag. What’s the best wa… --- ## [Replacing string in artist filed](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing-string-in-artist-filed/15135)
**Author:** [@chinni](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chinni)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2013, 12:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing-string-in-artist-filed/15135 "2013-10-24T12:51:30Z")
I have some of artist fields with just first name, I need to replace it with firstname lastname. For example I need to replace Benny with Benny Dayal However, if there is already Benny Dayal, it is replacing it wit… --- ## [MP3TAG on MacBook](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-on-macbook/15130)
**Author:** [@thorsonb](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/thorsonb)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2013, 4:36am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-on-macbook/15130 "2013-10-22T04:36:31Z")
Where can I find a stand alone version (so i dont have to run MP3Tag in a virtual windows machine) for OSX on macbooks? Preferably the latest version, … or who can assist me with making a stand alone version with “Wine” … --- ## [Padding numerical value in Title or Filename](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/padding-numerical-value-in-title-or-filename/15117)
**Author:** [@DavidJ](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DavidJ)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2013, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/padding-numerical-value-in-title-or-filename/15117 "2013-10-21T12:27:51Z")
So far I’ve been able to accomplish many changes with MP3Tag, what a great tool! But the last thing I’m having difficulty with is the track # in either the title or filename. When the CD’s were ripped, the track field … --- ## [Can/How Do I add a tag to the left column?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-how-do-i-add-a-tag-to-the-left-column/15122)
**Author:** [@dylstew](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dylstew)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2013, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-how-do-i-add-a-tag-to-the-left-column/15122 "2013-10-20T16:04:07Z")
On the left side there’s title ,artist, album, year, track, genre, comment, map, albumartist, composer and writenumber(I have a dutch version so that’s a direct translatioN) and the album cover. But I want to add anothe… --- ## [Ripped 79 CD's, Album name needs modified](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ripped-79-cds-album-name-needs-modified/15116)
**Author:** [@DavidJ](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DavidJ)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2013, 12:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ripped-79-cds-album-name-needs-modified/15116 "2013-10-19T12:38:20Z")
I’m trying to figure out how to modify the contents of the Album field, while keeping a part of the name. At the end of the Album name it reads; Disc 59, or Disc 60, etc… and I want to add additional text in the beginni… --- ## [Clearing ID3V1 tag fields](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/clearing-id3v1-tag-fields/15033)
**Author:** [@Elefant05](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Elefant05)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2013, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/clearing-id3v1-tag-fields/15033 "2013-10-16T17:59:18Z")
Is there a function which will allow clearing ID3v1 fields? Many of my music tracks contain foreign language characters, I avoid any entries in ID3v1 fields. (accents, umlats, etc… appear funny and in some cases the real… --- ## [script to input character(s) to any field of choice?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/script-to-input-character-s-to-any-field-of-choice/15108)
**Author:** [@fohrums](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fohrums)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2013, 8:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/script-to-input-character-s-to-any-field-of-choice/15108 "2013-10-16T08:26:43Z")
I have a section in my library I label as \[UNOFFICIAL\] and I created an action group that would pre-define what should be placed in what field. One problem is I like to add the actual word itself “\[UNOFFICIAL\]” to the en… --- ## [Tag \_FROM\_ Tag -- Import tags from tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-from-tag-import-tags-from-tags/15099)
**Author:** [@jmthomas](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jmthomas)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2013, 3:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-from-tag-import-tags-from-tags/15099 "2013-10-15T03:47:23Z")
Tag-Tag will build a new tag by combining tags and functions, but there is no easy way to deconstruct a tag into other tags. I want to take the contents of a tag and parcel it out into other tags, exactly as Filename-T… --- ## ["Tempo / Mood" based on the BPM calculation ranges to track field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tempo-mood-based-on-the-bpm-calculation-ranges-to-track-field/15103)
**Author:** [@hotdak3](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/hotdak3)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tempo-mood-based-on-the-bpm-calculation-ranges-to-track-field/15103 "2013-10-14T20:29:57Z")
BPM field (Ranges, example 0-60, 61-120, 121-165 & so on), placed with letter(s) example (S) (S-M) & so on, into the track field If BPM 0-60 = S If BPM 61-120 = S-M If BPM 121-165= M & so on BPM 66.3 Track S BPM 12… --- ## [Portable version](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/portable-version/13828)
**Author:** [@selo21](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/selo21)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2013, 8:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/portable-version/13828 "2013-10-12T08:10:54Z")
Hi, I am portableapps.com user since many years. I am using locally on my computer and on my USB drives Skype, LibreOffice, Java, OpenOffice, Google Chrome, Firefox, VLC, 7Zip, TeamViewer, GIMP, Eclipse(for now this is … --- ## [REPLACE values after utmost left character](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-values-after-utmost-left-character/15090)
**Author:** [@fohrums](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fohrums)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2013, 9:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-values-after-utmost-left-character/15090 "2013-10-11T09:27:17Z")
I have a custom action list that replace various stuff such as: FIELD: \_ALL On \> on Is \> is etc … my problem is some song titles have these words in the beginning of them so how can I use scripting functions to not … --- ## [merge (2) different fields](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/merge-2-different-fields/15092)
**Author:** [@fohrums](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fohrums)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2013, 9:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/merge-2-different-fields/15092 "2013-10-10T09:31:23Z")
I’m trying to merge %LABEL% & %PUBLISHER% and seperate by "; " problem is there is no option to. I’ve tried this code but it doesn’t add it just completely replaces it :flushed: : http://i.imgur.com/KiG34lu.jpg --- ## [How transfer tags' multiple values to new tags using an action?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-transfer-tags-multiple-values-to-new-tags-using-an-action/15087)
**Author:** [@pastic](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pastic)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2013, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-transfer-tags-multiple-values-to-new-tags-using-an-action/15087 "2013-10-09T12:26:14Z")
Hi, I thought this would be straightforward but it wasn’t. I have an action (see screenshot) that copies the ARTIST field to ALBUMARTIST and ALBUM ARTIST. Now I have begun with multiple values in the artist field but w… [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/general/20.md?page=68) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/general/20.md?page=70)